Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
82,014 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 81,743 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.3%
99.7%
Net pay
0.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
81,743 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 82,014 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.07 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.3% tax rate now rises to 0.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 984,168 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 980,913 KWD per year, or 81,743 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.3% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
KWD 856226
13.0%
1
Hungary
KWD 802097
18.5%
2
Ukraine
KWD 792255
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
KWD 757485
23.0%
4
Romania
KWD 575738
41.5%
5
Poland
KWD 567280
42.4%
6
Greece
KWD 551765
43.9%
7
Switzerland
KWD 529107
46.2%
8
Norway
KWD 522010
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
KWD 520480
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
KWD 516140
47.6%
11
Spain
KWD 515220
47.7%
12
Denmark
KWD 508067
48.4%
13
Italy
KWD 505635
48.6%
14
Netherlands
KWD 499822
49.2%
15
Sweden
KWD 495107
49.7%
16
Austria
KWD 493344
49.9%
17
Germany
KWD 481249
51.1%
18
Ireland
KWD 476948
51.5%
19
France
KWD 419354
57.4%
20
Belgium
KWD 369549
62.5%
21
Finland
KWD 367071
62.7%
22
Portugal
KWD 357044
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 535329
45.6%
1
Canada
KWD 464525
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 883664
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 817867
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 770281
21.7%
3
Indonesia
KWD 666438
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 643941
34.6%
5
Pakistan
KWD 641081
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 640213
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 613164
37.7%
8
New Zealand
KWD 603612
38.7%
9
Taiwan
KWD 598237
39.2%
10
Malaysia
KWD 586616
40.4%
11
China
KWD 550013
44.1%
12
Japan
KWD 538508
45.3%
13
Australia
KWD 527508
46.4%
14
South Korea
KWD 522489
46.9%
15
India
KWD 180227
81.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 871307
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 713694
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 664100
32.5%
3
Panama
KWD 658973
33.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 641189
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 639707
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 638010
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 607555
38.3%
8
Uruguay
KWD 606120
38.4%
9
Peru
KWD 605221
38.5%
10
Chile
KWD 597987
39.2%
11
Ecuador
KWD 565620
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 716035
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 689073
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 671157
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 669469
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 651333
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 640387
34.9%
6
Zambia
KWD 605353
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 599589
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 597087
39.3%
9
Senegal
KWD 590852
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 544344
44.7%
11
Uganda
KWD 542388
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 980913
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 979750
0.5%
2
Bahrain
KWD 971587
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 934960
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 934960
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 905435
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 738211
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 738184
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 573248
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 499598
49.2%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.